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Plain-English summary
CVE-2018-19878 describes a resource exhaustion issue in Teltonika RTU950 R_31.04.89 devices. Repeated successful logins can accumulate sessions in memory, increasing memory use and consuming available space. The sources do not provide CVSS scoring, confirmed exploitation, or vendor-fixed version details.
Executive priority
Treat as an operational resilience risk for affected industrial networking devices. Prioritize if RTU950 management interfaces are reachable by broad user groups or exposed beyond trusted administration networks.
Technical view
The device application stores a session for each successful login and does not limit repeated logins without logout. This can cause session accumulation in memory and resource consumption. The public record identifies Teltonika RTU950 R_31.04.89, but the supplied CVE affected-product metadata is incomplete.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to Teltonika RTU950 R_31.04.89 management applications where users can successfully authenticate. The sources do not state whether unauthenticated, remote, internet-facing, or default-credential access is required.
Exploitation context
No CISA KEV listing or supplied source claims active exploitation. The described abuse depends on repeated successful login activity causing resource consumption. The sources do not provide exploit maturity, public proof-of-concept status, or attack prevalence.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse. The record describes session accumulation after repeated successful logins, but does not name a CWE, CVSS vector, patch level, exploit status, or precise authentication boundary. Validate assumptions directly against device firmware and vendor documentation.
Mitigation direction
- Check Teltonika guidance for fixed firmware or official workarounds.
- Restrict device management access to trusted administrators and networks.
- Review accounts with login access to affected RTU950 devices.
- Monitor device memory, storage, and session behavior for abnormal growth.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Teltonika RTU950 devices and confirm firmware version R_31.04.89.
- Verify whether the management application is reachable from untrusted networks.
- Review logs for repeated successful logins from the same account or source.
- Check vendor advisories for firmware updates or session-handling guidance.
Public sources used
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- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.triadsec.com/CVE-2018-19878.pdfCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.triadsec.com/CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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